Agathis endertii

Meijer Drees 1940

Common names

Bulok [Iban] (de Laubenfels 1988).

Taxonomic notes

Description

Tree to 30 cm dbh and 64 m tall. Bark purplish grey-brown. Juvenile leaves large, oval, acute. Adult leaves oval, narrowing at the base to a short petiole to 5 mm long, narrowing at the other end to a bluntly acute apex, 5-9 cm long by 2-3 cm wide, not glaucous below, resin canals isolated. Male cones cylindrical, 3-4 cm long by 2-3 cm wide, rounded at the apex, narrowing to a sessile base; microsporophylls with a semicircular margin. Young female cone oval, dominated by spreading or reflexed lips of individual scales. Mature female cone oval, to 6 cm long; scales roughly triangular but well rounded at the upper corners, with a prominent triangular-rounded lip protruding from the upper margin. Seed obovoid, 10 mm long by 8 mm wide (Silba 1986).

Distribution and Ecology

Borneo (Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia): "[i]n more or less isolated populations from near sea-level to 1440 m, often associated with sandstone kerangas" (de Laubenfels 1988).

This species was formerly listed as "Near Threatened" by the WCMC (now the IUCN), saying "Although the species is widespread, it occurs in isolated populations in moist lowland forest associated with sandstone kerangas. The timber is heavily exploited." The latest (2013) assessment places A. endertii into synonymy with A. borneensis and finds that species "Endangered", so the status of A. endertii is "Endangered" at best.

Remarkable Specimens

No data as of 2023.02.22.

Ethnobotany

No data as of 2023.02.22.

Observations

No data as of 2023.02.22.

Remarks

The epithet honors F. H. Endert, who collected the type specimen in 1925.

Citations

Meijer-Drees. 1940. The genus Agathis in Malaysia. Bull. Bot. Gds. Buitenzorg, Series III, XVI, 455-474.

See also